Impacts of Climate Change, Technology, and Social Issues
Migrant Crisis
1. A) Russia does not… both sides. B) New arrivals… Arctic climate.
2. A) False. Although Russia… both sides. B) False. With most of… beds. C) True. The number… in 2015.
3. A) Quarters: barracks B) Aspirants: seekers C) Preceding: former D) Refuge: shelter.
4. 1:b / 2:a / 3:b
Writing: The main difficulties an immigrant faces are:
- Getting a job. This is the biggest difficulty because the reason to emigrate is to obtain a better life than you had.
- Earning little because you are an immigrant, since some entrepreneurs take advantage of their financial need.
- Making friends, especially if you don’t speak the same language.
- Adapting, because the customs are different.
- Treatment, discrimination, and being rejected, since many will face racism and aren’t accepted.
Why Are British Kids so Addicted to Technology?
1. A) Planning fun… else. B) You can blame… the web.
2. A) False. Creating… activities. B) False. His response… wrong. C) True. Sure, you can… happened.
3. Equilibrium: balance / Mistake: fault / Maintain: keep up with / Arrange: plan.
4. 1:b / 2:c / 3:c.
Writing: I don’t consider myself addicted to technology, since I can be very well without it. It’s not necessary in your day-to-day life, although it’s very helpful if you use it well and not just for games and social networks. For example, it’s very helpful when you need to search for something on the internet, information about something… But even if networks are useful, parents shouldn’t let children learn to use them as soon as possible, but at a consistent age, since social networks, in a way, aren’t good.
Zika Virus: What You Need to Know
1. A) This virus could cause affected infants to be born with abnormally small heads. B) The authorities could advise them on measures they need to take to protect their own health and prevent bringing the disease back.
2. A) False. Health officials… areas. B) False. Says pregnant… tested. C) False. And given… more.
3. Eruptions: outbreaks / Actions: measures / Harmful: evil / Expectant: pregnant.
4. 1:c / 2:c / 3:b.
Writing: So far the authorities have ruled out that the Zika virus will reach Europe, because the cause of infection is the bite of a mosquito, the “Aedes aegypti”. It’s an insect that lives in tropical areas and in cold countries, such as European ones, has no chance to survive. The virus is only transmitted through the mosquito, so there is no chance of one person transmitting it to another. But pregnant women can transfer it to the fetus if it is affected.
Life in a Refugee Camp
1. A) There are… tents. B) They connect… out of.
2. A) False. The average… children. B) False. Ali… will do it. C) True. The conditions… standards.
3. Outcome: result / Regards: considers / Fright: fear / Escaping: fleeing.
4. 1:b / 2:c / 3:c.
Writing: There are two major problems for refugees and the countries that receive them:
On the one hand, the mobilization factor. Many people make their own “rafts” to escape and they don’t have the necessary safety measures, don’t withstand the weight of people, and end up destroyed, causing the death of many people who drown in the middle of the ocean. Also, many people mobilize in trucks where conditions aren’t humane and die suffocated.
The other problem is the countries that receive the refugees. The problem is that not all countries are willing to welcome refugees.
Bilingual Brains: Advantages of Multilingualism
1. A) Paragraph 1. B) Paragraph 2.
2. A) True. It has been… do. B) True. Mental… exercise. C) False. Some… development.
3. Investigation: inquiry / Proof: evidence / Insanity: dementia / Premise: hypothesis.
4. 1:a / 2:b / 3:b.
Writing: In my opinion, the most important advantages of a multilingual education are:
- You have more communication with other people from other countries both orally and in written form.
- You have more culture because you know it by learning their language.
- You also have a more creative and sensitive way of thinking.
- As for personality, you have higher self-esteem because you can defend yourself without needing help from others.
- When it comes to work, it’s easier to be hired, as anyone who goes to buy could be taken care of speaking their language.
- Economically, they pay better.
Child Poverty: The Struggles of Young People
1. A) Paragraph 1/4. B) Paragraph 2.
2. A) False. Encarni explains… fired. B) False. There were… members. C) True. Encarni wants… grows up.
3. Trash: junk / Neediness: poverty / Senile: elderly / Made redundant: laid off.
4. 1:c / 2:a / 3:b.
Writing: The main problems of unemployment among young Spaniards are:
- The high cost of university studies, therefore it’s very difficult to reconcile work and studies.
- The “discredit” of FP (Vocational Training).
- Lack of knowledge and skills. The Spanish education system hasn’t adapted to the new environment that emerged during the crisis. It shows that students don’t learn the skills that companies demand.
- SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) demand experienced people, not just graduates.
- Lack of aid to find work.
- There aren’t enough internship periods.
Do it for the Instagram: Social Media’s Influence
1. A) Paragraph 1. B) Paragraph 2.
2. A) False. But increasingly… in too. B) True. They’re not… stage set. C) True. And it works… achievable.
3. Motivates: encourages / Ask for: demand / Attains: reaches / View: look.
4. 1:b / 2:c / 3:b.
Writing: The advantages of being famous are that they have a lot of money, cars, luxury homes… They also travel to any part of the world when they want, they appear in the media, in movies… and they have preference in many places.
The disadvantages are that the press chases them anywhere and invents gossip about them, not leaving them privacy. They can be obsessive about some fans and can be the subject of kidnappers, thieves, or become victims of fraud…
The Rise of Wearable Technology
1. A) Paragraph 2. B) Paragraph 3.
2. A) False. Wearable… phenomenon. B) False. Many of… life. C) True. This new… glasses.
3. Spot: locate / Safe: secure / Shadow: eclipse / Control: monitor.
4. 1:b / 2:c / 3:b.
Writing: I think that portable technology is a breakthrough because you do not always have a place to connect the cables. You can also use it in outdoor places, since these would not need to be plugged into the current until the battery runs out. In addition, you should not be with the cables always on top, it would be enough with your laptop loaded. In my opinion, I think this invention has been very good, since a normal computer, you could not take it anywhere and the laptop if, and especially for the university you need it a lot.
Research Ship Investigates Arctic Climate Change
1. A) The impact… complex. B) For the Arctic… less clear.
2. A) False. Arctic sea ice… September. B) False. The reasons… debated. C) True. This pattern… Antarctica.
3. Indeed: actually / Force: strength / Effect: impact / Decreasing: declining.
4. 1:c / 2:b / 3:b.
Writing: Climate change is one of the greatest challenges that humanity must respond to in the coming years. Increase in temperatures, melting of glaciers, multiplication of droughts and floods: everything indicates that climate change has begun. The risks are immense for the planet and future generations, which forces us to act urgently. Since this global warming doesn’t put at risk only polar bears and glaciers, but also us, humans. The shortage of drinking water, hunger due to droughts and epidemics, make up the consensus forecast by most scientists, a scenario that begins to be seen through clear signals.